Hussite Bible is the first Hungarian translation of the Bible, and it dates back to 1416.[3] It was translated by
Tamás Pécsi and
Bálint Újlaki, two
Hussite Hungarian priests, who studied in
Prague between 1399 and 1411.
Újszövetség (New Testament) is the first surviving complete version of the New Testament in Hungarian. It was translated by
János Sylvester in 1541. It was also the first book printed in
Hungary, at the estate of the
Tamás Nádasdy in
Sárvár.[2]
Vizsoly Bible is the first surviving complete version of the Bible in Hungarian. It was translated by
Gáspár Károli, a
Calvinist pastor in 1590.[1] It is named after the village of
Vizsoly and was printed in 700-800 copies originally,[2] gained popularity and is occasionally used even today as the "classic" translation (similarly to the
KJV in English). It was revised several times, the 1908 edition being widely adopted.[4]
Káldi Bible is the first complete
Catholic version of the Bible in Hungarian. It was translated by
György Káldy in 1626 and was printed in
Vienna.[1] It has been revised several times, most recently in 1997.
Szent István Társulati Biblia (
Saint Stephen Society Bible): Catholic [5] (1973)
Bible of the Magyar Bibliatársulat (Hungarian Bible Society): Protestant[5] (1975)
Bible of the Szent Jeromos Bibliatársulat: (
Saint Jerome Bible Society): Catholic and based on Káldi's translation and the
Nova Vulgata[5] (1997)
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abcKristó Gyula - Barta János - Gergely Jenő: Magyarország története előidőktől 2000-ig (History of Hungary from the prehistory to 2000), Pannonica Kiadó, Budapest, 2002, p.687, pp. 246-247,
ISBN963-9252-56-5
^Békesi Emil (1880). "Adalékok a legrégibb magyar szentírás korának meghatározásához". Magyar Sion (in Hungarian).
^Pázkozdy, Ladislaus. 1952. "The New Revision of the Hungarian Bible". The Bible Translator 3.1: pp. 1-7.
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abA Szentírás Új világ fordítása (New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, Hungarian), Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, 2003